Kinyarwanda
gukanguka
Word parts: gu-kanguka
goo-kahn-GOO-kah
How to say it
Kinyarwandagukangukagoo-kahn-GOO-kahsoon
Englishto awakensoon
Frenchse réveiller (int.)soon
Meaning
to wake up, to become alert.
Good to know
can be literal, waking from sleep, or figurative, waking up to a truth.
Examples
- Nkanguka saa kumi za mbere.I wake up at four in the morning.
- Yakangutse avunitse umutwe.He woke up with a headache.
- Ntiyakangutse ku gihe.He did not wake up on time.
- Abanyeshuri barakanguka bakamenya ukuri.Students are waking up to the truth.
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